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1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay
it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
2And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and
cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set
battering rams against it round about. 3Moreover take
thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between
thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be
besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign
to the house of Israel. 4Lie thou also upon thy left
side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according
to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt
bear their iniquity. 5For I have laid upon thee the years
of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three
hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the
house of Israel. 6And when thou hast accomplished them,
lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the
house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a
year. 7Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege
of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt
prophesy against it. 8And, behold, I will lay bands upon
thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till
thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

9Take thou also
unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet,
and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread
thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie
upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
10And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight,
twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11Thou
shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from
time to time shalt thou drink. 12And thou shalt eat it as
barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of
man, in their sight. 13And the LORD said, Even thus shall
the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles,
whither I will drive them. 14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD!
behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even
till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn
in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
15Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for
man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 16Moreover
he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread
in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and
they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: 17That
they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and
consume away for their iniquity.

5 1And thou,
son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and
cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee
balances to weigh, and divide the hair. 2Thou shalt burn
with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of
the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite
about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the
wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. 3Thou shalt
also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
4Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the
fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth
into all the house of Israel.

5Thus saith the Lord GOD;
This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and
countries that are round about her. 6And she hath changed
my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes
more than the countries that are round about her: for they have
refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
7Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied
more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked
in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done
according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;
8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am
against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the
sight of the nations. 9And I will do in thee that which I
have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like,
because of all thine abominations. 10Therefore the
fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall
eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the
whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. 11Wherefore,
as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my
sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine
abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall
mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

12A third
part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall
they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall
by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into
all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 13Thus
shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest
upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the
LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in
them. 14Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach
among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all
that pass by. 15So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an
instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round
about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in
fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. 16When
I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for
their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will
increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and
they shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through
thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken
it.

6 1And the
word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, set
thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
3And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the
Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the
hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will
bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. 4And
your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and
I will cast down your slain men before your idols. 5And I
will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their
idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. 6In
all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high
places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and
made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your
images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. 7And
the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I
am the LORD.

8Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may
have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye
shall be scattered through the countries. 9And they that
escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall
be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart,
which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring
after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils
which they have committed in all their abominations. 10And
they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain
that I would do this evil unto them.

11Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say,
Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they
shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
12He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that
is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is
besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury
upon them. 13Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when
their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars,
upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under
every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they
did offer sweet savour to all their idols. 14So will I
stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more
desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their
habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

7 1Moreover
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2Also, thou
son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end,
the end is come upon the four corners of the land. 3Now
is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and
will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee
all thine abominations. 4And mine eye shall not spare
thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon
thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye
shall know that I am the LORD. 5Thus saith the Lord GOD;
An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. 6An end is come,
the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. 7The
morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the
time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again
of the mountains. 8Now will I shortly pour out my fury
upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge
thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine
abominations. 9And mine eye shall not spare, neither will
I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine
abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I
am the LORD that smiteth. 10Behold the day, behold, it is
come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath
budded. 11Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness:
none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of
their's: neither shall there be wailing for them. 12The
time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor
the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13For the seller shall not return to that which is sold,
although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole
multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any
strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. 14They
have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to
the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 15The
sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that
is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the
city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

16But they
that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like
doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his
iniquity. 17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees
shall be weak as water. 18They shall also gird themselves
with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon
all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. 19They
shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be
removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver
them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy
their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the
stumblingblock of their iniquity.

20As for the beauty of
his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of
their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore
have I set it far from them. 21And I will give it into
the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the
earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. 22My face
will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place:
for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

23Make
a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full
of violence. 24Wherefore I will bring the worst of the
heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the
pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and
there shall be none. 26Mischief shall come upon mischief,
and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of
the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel
from the ancients. 27The king shall mourn, and the prince
shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the
land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and
according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know
that I am the LORD.